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Cultivating Wealth

Montauk, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 282447

Filed as CULTIVATING WEALTH · Legal name The Stanich Group LLC

Cultivating Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Montauk, NY, registered since 2016, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$209,776,444
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cultivating Wealth compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cultivating Wealth reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

How much does Cultivating Wealth charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 states: Hourly rate: $400 an hour (financial planning and consulting for short projects or…). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Cultivating Wealth located?

Cultivating Wealth's principal office is in Montauk, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Cultivating Wealth registered with the SEC or a state?

Cultivating Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 282447.

How much does Cultivating Wealth manage?

Cultivating Wealth reports $209,776,444 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Cultivating Wealth's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cultivating Wealth: Regulatory assets under management: $62,372,092 in the October 2021 data and $209,776,444 in the October 2026 data, up 236%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cultivating Wealth serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (111); high net worth individuals (64).

Which custodians does Cultivating Wealth use?

Cultivating Wealth's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cultivating Wealth report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/282447

What changed in Cultivating Wealth's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 5. Regulatory assets under management went from $166,599,144 to $209,776,444 (+26%).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Hourly rate: $400 an hour (financial planning and consulting for short projects or…)

The brochure's wording
CW will occasionally offer an hourly engagement for short projects or previous clients. Our hourly fees for financial planning and consulting are $400/hr.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$209,776,444

$209,776,444 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $209,776,444.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 111 Assets $60,199,956 (29%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 64 Assets $149,576,488 (71%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
The Stanich Group LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 5. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
9 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$62.4M 2021 $96.1M 2022 $88.1M 2023 $131M 2024 $167M 2025 $210M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$209,776,4445March 27, 2026
October 2025$166,599,1446March 3, 2025
October 2024$131,187,0175March 19, 2024
October 2023$88,127,3575April 10, 2023
October 2022$96,144,7486September 8, 2022
October 2021$62,372,0926May 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $62,372,092 in the October 2021 data and $209,776,444 in the October 2026 data, up 236%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 5 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 5.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $166,599,144 to $209,776,444 (+26%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
cultivatingwealth.comfeeonlynetwork.com/financial-advisor/liz-sylvanfeeonlynetwork.com/financial-advisor/sara-stanichg.page/cultivating-wealth-brooklyng.page/cultivating-wealth-montaukg.page/cultivating-wealthnapfa.org/member/30621napfa.org/member/35885/22060napfa.org/member/89958/22060poweroverdivorce.comstanichgroup.comvimeo.com/cultivatingwealthwealthtender.com/advisory-firms/cultivating-wealthwealthtender.com/financial-advisors/liz-sylvan-cfp-cdfawealthtender.com/financial-advisors/sara-stanich-mba-cfp-cdfa-cepa/7xyplanningnetwork.com/advisors/sara-stanich-cfp-cdfa

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Cultivating Wealth (CRD 282447): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/cultivating-wealth-montauk-ny-282447